Puggy

Thanks I think thats what I needed. Now how do I delete this post because it no longer reflects what I want it to reflect

I will walk back the 0.1% comment. I was trying to make a point about the amount i've read about specific debates (some debates I've read more than 10-20 books and dozens of articles). I do not believe I can skip through the PhD process nor do I believe I have what it takes to become a leading scholar at the moment. All I am saying is I have spent a serious amount of time studying specific debates.

Haha alright I'll say I came in a little hot on this post. But dont you have to be top in your program to get into a good school? and shouldnt you have a good working knowledge of the contemporary debates of the field you want to go into?

True. I should clarify. I know all of the positions of a handful of philosophers. And some of those philosophers are the top in the field in what they're debating. And I could recite their arguments backwards. Also I certainly don't think I am the bees knees. I'm not at the level of some of these wicked smart professors and I likely will never be. Do you think it is worth it to try to keep going? What percent chance would I have of getting into a semi decent MA and then getting into a top 50 PhD program if I get straight As from here until the end of graduate school?

3.249 GPA 81 credits at big ten university 3.7 philosophy GPA maybe Got diagnosed with major mental illness I really want to be a professor but I kinda shot myself in the foot and got diagnosed with a severe form of manic depression. Almost dropped out. I have a full year of straight Ws on my transcript. But here's the positives: I am arguably the best philosophy undergraduate in our program. Grad students tell me this. Some professors have noticed. I am really good at philosophy, creating crafty arguments, and analyzing logic. If I spend the next three years taking 16 credits of philosophy a year I could boost my GPA up to 3.68 (if I get straight A's) I have read everything produced by the leading University of Arizona scholars. Every paper. Every word. I've read the people they say to read. I'm excellent at PPE (philosophy politics and economics) I have a top 0.1% knowledge of specific debates in political philosophy. Very acute knowledge of the contemporary literature on, say, ideal theorizing. Is it worth it to try to repair my GPA by staying extra years in college to try to get into a top MA program to hopefully get into the U of A?